Nation Student Writing Contest

The deadline for applications for the second annual Nation Student Writing Contest is the end of this month--May 31. Please help us spread the word about the contest, which is sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking.

We're looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to tell us what is the most important issue for young people in the 2008 presidential campaign. Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

We'll select five finalists (including at least one high-schooler) and one winner, who will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a Nation subscription. The winning essay will be published in the magazine and featured on our website. The winner will also be published by our partners at Campus Progress and Wire Tap.The five finalists will be awarded $200 each and Nationcontest is open to students at US high schools and to undergraduates at US colleges and universities. Entries (only one per student) will be accepted through May 31. A winner will be announced by September 4. Please send entries to studentprize@thenation.com. subscriptions, and their entries will be published at TheNation.com. The

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For last year's inaugural contest, we received more than 700 submissions from high school and college students in forty-one states. The entries arrived from big public institutions and tiny liberal arts colleges, from rural high schools and penitentiary writing programs, from Indian reservations and large urban centers. Read Sarah Stillman's winning essay, Project Corpus Callosum, as well as the five finalists--by Brie Cubelic, Zaid Jilani, Nikolas Bowie, Lianne Yim and Camila Domonske.

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The Nation

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